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construction of temporary drought barrier on the west false river in the sacramento san joaquin delta. still not everyone is happy. >> this is a really sad day. this is very, very sad day. last few days to see this going on. >>reporter: when finished the rock barrier will close off 750 feet of channel and block tidal salt water from flowing into the delta that could could county, santa clare county and city of tracey serve customers. but karen cunningham has a ranch and draws water from what will be the salty side of the barrier. >> are my cow watered with salt water? is my sub irrigation going to turn salty? >>reporter: by the time the department of water resources removes the barrier next fall it will have spent 40 million dollars. the construction park will be 6 week, 24-7 job. >> easier to drop them in or pull them out. >> way easier to drop them in. because you walk in with a part open up the bottom and dump the rock in. pull it out you have to grab every every bucket full of rock out. >>reporter: easier more difficult out park is one reason that residents of the island worry. >>

. >>> do you like turkey >>> in the sacramento and san joaquin delta, some call it a drought barrier. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live tonight to explain exactly what's going on there. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. some people call it a drought barrier and some people call it an economic or ecological barrier. we're in bethel island and take a look over my right shoulder and see the tower out there? that is part of the project. it looks fairly close and it used to be but it's a long way around now to this place in bethel island and that has people who work here and depend on this economy concerned. in a state where people keep asking what government is doing about the drought, here is a drastic measure. construction of a temporary drought barrier on the west falls river and sacramento delta and still not everybody is happy. >> this is a sad day and to see this going on. when finished, the rock barrier will close out 750 feet of channel and block title saltwater from flowing into the delta from which kontcontra costa county. she draws water from what will be a salt

farmers along the sacramento, san joaquin delta made the offer.er take less water for irrigation or leave a quarter of their crops unplanted. and the drought is creating another problem for californians. large infestations of roaches. exterm nay sars say -- those roaches are now looking for water and a place to cool off. so they are going into people's homes through cracks in the walls and corners. >> and my garage is the biggest part. due to the fact that there are cracks and crannies in there. that is where you will get most of your bugs. >> pest control companies are reporting a surge in business. roaches are also hiding out under landscape tarps and flower beds. >>> support is growing for a terror last electric's. her ever -- and the name of a student who police say committed suicide. school officials told her to change that shirt saying it was glorifying suicide. but she refused to do it. >> i said no. they said i don't think you understand. i said i understand, i can't do that. they said okay you will have to call your parents and have them

farmers along the sacramento, san joaquin delta made the offer.concession by this group which holds some of california's strongest and oldest water rights. now they offer to either take less water for irrigation or leave a quarter of their crops unplanted. now the drought is causing yet another problem for us in california. you ready? big infestations of cock roaches. roaches are usually found in outdoor water drains but because of the heat and the drought, the roaches are out there looking for water and some place to cool off. they are getting into houses through crack and walls and in corners. >>> the happiest place on earth is celebrating its 60th anniversary. we want to take you live from disney land. check out those crowds. they just opened up. they were all standing behind a little rope line. >> with pam cook. >> yes. have been camping out over night and i know some of them were actually camping out since 8:00 last might. i bet you those front people at the line i don't want to know when they got there. a big event down there. a lot of freeb

delta. the farmers have learned they have to stop pumping water from the san joaquin river. ater use by 25%. >> the alternative is the state coming in saying there can't be any water. you can't divert at all. they have the big stick is what it amounts to. >> reporter: now these mandatory cuts could happen as soon as friday. we are talking farmers along is san joaquin valley river. the farmers in the central valley are trying to make a deal with the state to cut back by 25%. in windy tracey, i'm juliette goodrich, kpix5. >>> tonight, the governor declared a state of emergency for the central california coast where 105,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled. 20,000 gallons may have ended up in the pacific ocean near refugio state beach. the oil slick stretches nine miles down the coast. betty yu is there with the latest. betty? >> reporter: ken, i can tell you it smells like burning rubber around here. in fact, we could smell the oil from inside our live truck with all the windows rolled up from at least a mile away. and here on the beach, we are seeing that oil splattered j

. >> in the san joaquin delta, there's a massive construction project to retain freshwater.s the story. >> in a state where people and what are we doing about the drought, here's a drastic measure. the construct of this barrier. and still not everyone is happy. >> this is a very very sad day or the last few days to see this going on. >> when finished, the rock barrier will close off 750 feet of channel and block tidal salt water from flowing into the delta from which some cities serve customers. but karen cunningham has a ranch and draws water from what will be the saltie side of the barrier. >> are my cows going to be watered with salt water? is my sub irrigation going to turn saltie? >> by the time the department of water resources removes the barrier next fall, it will have spent $40 million. construction park will be a six-week 24-7 job. >> is it easier to drop them in or pull them out? >> way easier to drop them in. you can open up the bottom and jump the rock execute and to pull it out you have to grab every bucket and pull all the rock out. >> the easier part is one r

. >> in the san joaquin delta, there's a massive construction project to retain freshwater.n has the story. >> in a state where people and what are we doing about the drought, here's a drastic measure. the construction of this barrier. and still not everyone is happy. >> this is a very, very sad day or the last few days to see this going on. >> when finished, the rock barrier will close off 750 feet of channel and block tidal salt water from flowing into the delta from which some cities serve customers. but karen cunningham has a ranch and draws water from what will be the saltie side of the barrier. >> are my cows going to be watered with salt water? is my sub-irrigation going to turn salty? >> by the time the department of water resources removes the barrier next fall, it will have spent $40 million. construction park will be a six-week, 24-7 job. >> is it easier to drop them in or pull them out? >> way easier to drop them in. you can open up the bottom and dump the rock in, and to pull it out you have to grab every bucket and pull all the rock out. >> the easier part is o

in our record drought, sacramento san joaquin river delta farmers propose to give up a fourth of theirle water. however, there's a catch to that proposal. in exchange, they want guarantees that the state will not restrict the remaining 75% of their water for more than a century. the state's waterboard director says he will decide by friday whether to accept that offer. >>> paul deanno is live in albany with mobile weather this afternoon. the clouds look threatening but no rain. >> reporter: no, just the moisture banking up against the east bay hills out here in albany not just baseball tonight. aaa. play-off baseball. we have the reds. we have the white sox. we actually have three different games going on right now. the game just about to start. better start paying attention to the batter once the game starts. but it's chilly out here but it's not that unusual for albany to be in the upper 50s this time of year. what is unusual is for it to last 19 days a. and for highs to not hit 70 away from the water which happened again today. golden gate bridge where it is partly to mostly cloudy.

this is a rare offer by farmers along the sacramento/sanwa del keen del tall -- san joaquin delta.ops unplanted. >>> the flextime you play scrabble, you will have more options when it comes to officially accepted word. the creators added 6500 new words to the acceptable list. it's all designed to attract a younger generation of scrabble players. some. new words include twirking, sexting, emoji and facetime. all influenced by social media. >>> the trailer is out for a documenttry about the bay area's own bat kid who stole everyone's heart, including mine, a couple of years ago. take a look. ♪ >> we decided to turn san francisco into gotham city. >> the postings from all offer the world. >> when i saw the face, i wanted to be part of that. >> i love the transformation how he totally plays the character. this goes behind the scenes of the make a wish celebration for miles scott. he's a leukemia survive. we all remember how he went over the city to catch the bad guys. bad kid is set for release june 26th. i love the police chief, fire chief. it was just a really special -- >> you just

farmers in the sacramento and san joaquin river delta made the offer to avert mandatory cuts.are among the most senior water rights holders in the state. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost more than 50 points to close near 18,230. the nasdaq was down one point, and the s-and-p 500 slipped nearly five. for the week, the dow lost a fraction of a percent, the s- and-p gained a fraction, and the nasdaq rose nearly a full percent. and in paris, the eiffel tower was shut down for most of the day, because of a strike over pickpockets. no tickets were sold, and police patrolled the area, while tourists remained on the outskirts. tower workers said they need more guards to scare off aggressive gangs of thieves. still to come on the newshour: the senate debates the scope of surveillance and the future of the patriot act; ireland holds a referendum vote to legalize same-sex marriage; older americans increasingly struggle to put food on the table; mark shields and michael gerson on the week's news; safe spaces for homeless transgender youth; and some comedic wisdo

. >>> farmers in the sacrament- san joaquin river delta are offering to cut back their water use to avoider the deal, farmers would have to useless river water for irrigation or leave a quarter of their cathy hobbs unplanted. state regulators have -- of their cathy hobbs up planted. state regulators have to sign off it. >>> developments in an oil spill near refugio state beach in santa barbara county. a broken pipeline spilled 21,000 gallons of oil and check out the pictures. oil ran through a storm drain straight into the ocean as of last night the oil slick stretching for 4 miles of beach and about 50 yards into the ocean. it was discovered yesterday after someone reported smelling gas in the area and by then, it had been flowing for about 3 hours. the clean-up has begun but the level of damage still unknown >> it's not an easy process. i want to manage your expectations. this could take some time. >> the company that owns the pipeline claims all american shut down the line and is apologizing saying it's thankful that no people were injured. and i have seen on social media a lot of peop

the drought is so bad that water from the san joaquin watershed is no longer available to the delta farmers, who have had the water rights for centuries some back to the gold rush and this is the first time they have ever been cut off. with the drought come allergist and that's what you're doing right now, suffering. >> we're in the delta so we have never had a situation where we've been a lack of water. >> farmers use 80% of the water drawn from land in california. >>> a catastrophic oil spill along the central coast prompting governor brown to declare a state of emergency. more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in santa barbara county with 21,000 gallons reaching the ocean. crude oil has coated birds and blackened the shoreline at refugio state beach and beyond. the oil slick stretches for nine miles. kpix 5's betty yu reports from the spill zone. >>> reporter: cloudy brown water laps what used to be a pristine sandy beach along the santa barbara county coast. workers in protective suits spent the day cleaning up a shovel full at a time. hand crews are bagging up oil cont

the drought is so bad that water from the san joaquin watershed is no longer available to the delta farmers, who have had the water rights for centuries some back to the gold rush and this is the first time they have ever been cut off. with the drought come allergist and that's what you're doing right now, suffering. >> can i get you some kleenex? >> try not to sneeze. >> we see just a little bit of light rain, this is moving towards the san joaquin valley. good news there. it's very light and scattered. the golden gate bridge you see rain on the camera lens and you can see the roads are wet. elizabeth will have more on that. right now, out the door, into the 50s. winds are under 10 but will increase 10 to 20 out of the southwest later today. numbers stacking up from the 50s to the high 60s. i have your memorial holiday forecast, that's coming up later on in this newscast. but first, here's liz. >> thank you, roberta. and let's see. we got our usual slowdowns just beginning now in antioch. so the commute has started right around hillcrest. nothing too bad yet and westbound 580 kind of a sim

the drought so bad water from the san joaquin river watershed will no longer be available to some of the delta farmers. farmers have had these water rights for centuries. some date back to the gold rush. this is the first time they have ever been cut off. it is devastating for farmers. >> we are in the delta. so we have never had a situation where we have had a lack of water. >> farmers use 80% of the water drawn from land in california. >>> it is 4:34 right now. let's check our wet weather. roberta? >> it is wet. this is the third thursday we have started the weathercast with rain. we tweaked the hi-def doppler radar to get lower to the ground level. cells east of the bay right now primarily. let me zoom in to the 580/680 corridor. definitely slippery. you have rain showers across the sunol grade, as well. lifting towards the sunol area. the bottom line is out the door carry the umbrella. you can see by the golden gate bridge we definitely have some wet roads there, as well. temperatures into the 50s. the winds are under 10 miles per hour. temperatures again today coming in well below average

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delta farmers are being ordered to stop pumping water from the san joaquin river and this comes aftery had already volunteered to reduce their water usage by 25% with hopes of avoiding these cuts. >>> things are starting to get back to normal in waco, texas after the deadly biker gang shootout from the weekend. don carlos sits next to twin peaks where nine bikers were killed. the restaurant reopened after being cold for three days. the owner was not there that day but his employees and customers lived through the chaos. >> very dramatic to hear gunshots, especially something so close. we're happy to get back into our routine and back to normal. >> meanwhile inside twin peaks restaurant, it is still a crime scene. waco police have confiscated more than 300 weapons that were found in toilets and foods just in inside the one restaurant. >>> a new survey out today gives positive numbers when it comes to school safety. the national center for education statistics found there's been an increase in security members at -- security measures at u.s. public schools in the last four years. it fou

. >>> water from the san joaquin river watershed will no longer be available to delta farmers.latest effort from the state on the drought. many farmers had those water rights for centuries and are now cut off. >>> traffic and rain in the forecast coming up. >>> good morning. let's start along the peninsula. we are getting first reports of a crash near sfo and there's a tweet from kcbs saying it's in the northbound lanes of 101 south of the airport. the number 2 lane is blocked but you can see those delays at the beginning in san mateo and live look at the bay bridge the toll plaza it is stacked up to the maze. they cleared a wreck in the maze itself on westbound 24 the connector to 580. so it's still heavy on that 580 approach as well as the eastshore freeway. bart is on time. with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> take a look there and see the screen and look at our weather camera. it has a lot of raindrops on it as we look at sfo where we have delays up to 38 minutes on some arriving flights. we have the mostly cloudy skies. we have a combination of temperatures in the 50s wi

if you remember the san joaquin valley two years ago was shut down, so all those waters, all the a farmers their crops died. it was shut down because of the deltahich was a little minnow, and they found six in all of that water that supplies two-thirds of california and so they shut it down because they were worried this fish was going to be extinct, so they chose fish over families fish over human beings. the food bank was packed with people. i was out there reporting on it. the line went around the food bank and down the street. >> scary stuff. >> that's my fear. >> it's a huge story, and one we're going to continue to talk about right here on "outnumbered." here's something you might not expect on memorial day a shirt like this being sold by a popular clothing chain, but it is and now pacific sun is feeling the heat from customers. and of course today and all year long we honor the men and women who gave their lives fighting for the freedom cans we enjoy each -- freedoms we enjoy each and every day. ♪ ♪ i love making sunday dinners. but when my back hurt, cooking all day... forget about it. tylenol was ok, but it was 6 pills a day. but aleve